50 Books like Not Just a Pretty Face

Pixel Flesh

by Ellen Atlanta • 2024

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

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2k+

💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

Pixel Flesh 94%

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

by Ellen Atlanta 2024

3.98

2k+ ratings

💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

To Dye For

by Alden Wicker • 2023

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

4.26

1k+

🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

To Dye For 93%

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

by Alden Wicker 2023

4.26

1k+ ratings

🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

The Beauty Myth

by Naomi Wolf • 1990

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

3.91

31k+

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

The Beauty Myth 93%

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

by Naomi Wolf 1990

3.91

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

Estrogeneration

by Anthony G. Jay • 2017

Plastics, soaps, and foods are secretly mimicking estrogen, and the damage passes to your children.

4.29

665

⚕️ Endocrine Disruption ☣️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormone Health 🧪 Chemical Exposure 🧴 Plastic Dangers

Estrogeneration 93%

Plastics, soaps, and foods are secretly mimicking estrogen, and the damage passes to your children.

by Anthony G. Jay 2017

4.29

665 ratings

⚕️ Endocrine Disruption ☣️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormone Health 🧪 Chemical Exposure 🧴 Plastic Dangers

Fatal Conveniences

by Darin Olien • 2023

Your morning routine exposes you to 126 chemicals. The simple swaps that will save your health.

3.74

1k+

☠️ Hidden Toxins 🌿 Natural Alternatives ♻️ Green Consumerism 🏭 Environmental Toxins 🧼 Clean Living

Fatal Conveniences 93%

Your morning routine exposes you to 126 chemicals. The simple swaps that will save your health.

by Darin Olien 2023

3.74

1k+ ratings

☠️ Hidden Toxins 🌿 Natural Alternatives ♻️ Green Consumerism 🏭 Environmental Toxins 🧼 Clean Living

Beauty Sick

by Renee Engeln • 2017

The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.

4.13

7k+

🪞 Body Image 📖 Cultural Criticism 💄 Beauty Ideals 👁️ Objectification 😔 Body Shame

Beauty Sick 93%

The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.

by Renee Engeln 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🪞 Body Image 📖 Cultural Criticism 💄 Beauty Ideals 👁️ Objectification 😔 Body Shame

The Science of Beauty

by Michelle Wong • 2024

A cosmetic chemist on what's in your products, what works, and what to stop worrying about.

3.87

634

🧪 Cosmetic Chemistry 🧴 Skincare Routines 🛡️ Ingredient Safety 📊 Scientific Literacy 💄 Beauty Industry

The Science of Beauty 92%

A cosmetic chemist on what's in your products, what works, and what to stop worrying about.

by Michelle Wong 2024

3.87

634 ratings

🧪 Cosmetic Chemistry 🧴 Skincare Routines 🛡️ Ingredient Safety 📊 Scientific Literacy 💄 Beauty Industry

Flawless

by Elise Hu • 2023

Korea's beauty industry perfected skincare and the feeling you will never stop fixing yourself.

4.04

3k+

🧴 Korean Beauty Culture 💄 Beauty Standards 👁️ Lookism 🪞 Body Image 🛒 Consumerism Critique

Flawless 92%

Korea's beauty industry perfected skincare and the feeling you will never stop fixing yourself.

by Elise Hu 2023

4.04

3k+ ratings

🧴 Korean Beauty Culture 💄 Beauty Standards 👁️ Lookism 🪞 Body Image 🛒 Consumerism Critique

Plastic

by Susan Freinkel • 2011

Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.

3.97

2k+

🌊 Plastic Pollution 🩺 Environmental Health 🧱 Material Culture 🧬 Endocrine Disruption 🌍 Environmental History

Plastic 92%

Modern life is built on a material that never goes away, and it's accumulating inside us.

by Susan Freinkel 2011

3.97

2k+ ratings

🌊 Plastic Pollution 🩺 Environmental Health 🧱 Material Culture 🧬 Endocrine Disruption 🌍 Environmental History

The Triumph of Doubt

by David Michaels • 2020

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

4.08

222

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Triumph of Doubt 92%

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

by David Michaels 2020

4.08

222 ratings

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Diagnosis

by Jane M. Hightower • 2008

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

3.53

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

Diagnosis 92%

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

by Jane M. Hightower 2008

3.53

34 ratings

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 92%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Story of Stuff

by Annie Leonard • 2010

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

4.08

4k+

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Story of Stuff 92%

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

by Annie Leonard 2010

4.08

4k+ ratings

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

More Than a Body

by Lexie Kite • 2020

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

4.14

8k+

🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards ⚖️ Body Neutrality 📺 Media Literacy

More Than a Body 92%

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

by Lexie Kite 2020

4.14

8k+ ratings

🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards ⚖️ Body Neutrality 📺 Media Literacy

Gorgeously Green

by Sophie Uliano • 2008

From organic wine to toxin-free lipstick: the no-sacrifice guide to living green and loving it.

3.80

958

🌿 Natural Beauty 👗 Sustainable Fashion 🌱 Eco Habits 🏠 Non-Toxic Home 🥑 Mindful Eating

Gorgeously Green 92%

From organic wine to toxin-free lipstick: the no-sacrifice guide to living green and loving it.

by Sophie Uliano 2008

3.80

958 ratings

🌿 Natural Beauty 👗 Sustainable Fashion 🌱 Eco Habits 🏠 Non-Toxic Home 🥑 Mindful Eating

Ending Parkinson's Disease

by Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

4.31

328

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Ending Parkinson's Disease 92%

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

by Ray Dorsey 2020

4.31

328 ratings

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

The Slightly Greener Method

by Tonya Harris • 2021

Switch 80 percent of your household products and measurable health gains arrive within days.

3.84

🏡 Nontoxic Living 🧹 Home Detox 🏷️ Label Literacy 🪣 Diy Home Care ⚗️ Endocrine Disruptors

The Slightly Greener Method 91%

Switch 80 percent of your household products and measurable health gains arrive within days.

by Tonya Harris 2021

3.84

49 ratings

🏡 Nontoxic Living 🧹 Home Detox 🏷️ Label Literacy 🪣 Diy Home Care ⚗️ Endocrine Disruptors

Tits Up

by Sarah Thornton • 2024

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

3.66

2k+

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

Tits Up 91%

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

by Sarah Thornton 2024

3.66

2k+ ratings

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

Bleed

by Tracey Lindeman • 2023

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

4.32

518

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

Bleed 91%

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

by Tracey Lindeman 2023

4.32

518 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

Skintelligent

by Dr Natalia Spierings • 2022

Most skincare products don't work. A dermatologist reveals what decades of science actually support.

4.28

231

🧪 Skincare Science 🩺 Consumer Dermatology 🧹 Skincare Minimalism 🔍 Myth Debunking 📊 Evidence-Based Beauty

Skintelligent 91%

Most skincare products don't work. A dermatologist reveals what decades of science actually support.

by Dr Natalia Spierings 2022

4.28

231 ratings

🧪 Skincare Science 🩺 Consumer Dermatology 🧹 Skincare Minimalism 🔍 Myth Debunking 📊 Evidence-Based Beauty

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

4.24

2k+

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

White Feminism 91%

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

by Koa Beck 2021

4.24

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

The Body Project

by Joan Jacobs Brumberg • 1997

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

3.82

4k+

👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture 🎯 Marketing To Girls 🕰️ Body Image History

The Body Project 91%

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

by Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997

3.82

4k+ ratings

👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture 🎯 Marketing To Girls 🕰️ Body Image History

Know My Name

by Chanel Miller • 2019

A dentist touched her jaw and it broke. The paint that made her glow was radioactive.

4.68

263k+

🛠️ Labor History ☢️ Radiation Exposure ⚕️ Occupational Health 🕵️ Corporate Coverups ⚖️ Legal Battles

Know My Name 91%

A dentist touched her jaw and it broke. The paint that made her glow was radioactive.

by Chanel Miller 2019

4.68

263k+ ratings

🛠️ Labor History ☢️ Radiation Exposure ⚕️ Occupational Health 🕵️ Corporate Coverups ⚖️ Legal Battles

Unshrinking

by Kate Manne • 2024

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

4.16

2k+

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Unshrinking 91%

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

by Kate Manne 2024

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Going Gray

by Anne Kreamer • 2007

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

3.36

1k+

👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🧪 Immersion Memoir ⚖️ Double Standards

Going Gray 91%

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

by Anne Kreamer 2007

3.36

1k+ ratings

👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🧪 Immersion Memoir ⚖️ Double Standards

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism 91%

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

by Jessica Valenti 2007

3.86

8k+ ratings

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

"You Just Need to Lose Weight"

by Aubrey Gordon • 2023

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

4.32

12k+

✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias ⚖️ Weight Stigma ♀️ Fat Feminism

"You Just Need to Lose Weight" 91%

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

by Aubrey Gordon 2023

4.32

12k+ ratings

✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias ⚖️ Weight Stigma ♀️ Fat Feminism

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

4.34

173k+

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Invisible Women 91%

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019

4.34

173k+ ratings

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Mismeasure of Woman

by Carol Tavris • 1992

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

4.07

431

🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

Mismeasure of Woman 91%

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

by Carol Tavris 1992

4.07

431 ratings

🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

Culture Jam

by Kalle Lasn • 1999

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

3.63

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

Culture Jam 91%

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

by Kalle Lasn 1999

3.63

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

Feminism Is for Everybody

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.

4.16

29k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Consciousness Raising 🩺 Reproductive Rights 💄 Beauty Standards 👶 Feminist Parenting

Feminism Is for Everybody 91%

Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.

by bell hooks 2000

4.16

29k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Consciousness Raising 🩺 Reproductive Rights 💄 Beauty Standards 👶 Feminist Parenting

Health-Defense

by Bill Gottlieb • 2015

From lotion to lettuce, toxins hide everywhere. A guide to cutting your daily chemical exposure.

🧪 Environmental Health 🧹 Detoxification 🌿 Clean Living 🛡️ Preventive Health 🏠 Healthy Home

Health-Defense 91%

From lotion to lettuce, toxins hide everywhere. A guide to cutting your daily chemical exposure.

by Bill Gottlieb 2015

🧪 Environmental Health 🧹 Detoxification 🌿 Clean Living 🛡️ Preventive Health 🏠 Healthy Home

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

3.90

2k+

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 91%

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020

3.90

2k+ ratings

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Sexy by Nature

by Stefani Ruper • 2014

Forget the scale. Sex appeal starts with whole foods, balanced hormones, and self-acceptance.

3.85

235

🩺 Women's Health 🥗 Whole Foods Nutrition 💪 Body Positivity ⚖️ Hormone Health 🥩 Paleo Diet

Sexy by Nature 91%

Forget the scale. Sex appeal starts with whole foods, balanced hormones, and self-acceptance.

by Stefani Ruper 2014

3.85

235 ratings

🩺 Women's Health 🥗 Whole Foods Nutrition 💪 Body Positivity ⚖️ Hormone Health 🥩 Paleo Diet

The Body Is Not an Apology

by Sonya Renee Taylor • 2018

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

4.21

31k+

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

The Body Is Not an Apology 91%

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

by Sonya Renee Taylor 2018

4.21

31k+ ratings

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

Get Rich or Lie Trying

by Symeon Brown • 2022

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

3.85

922

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Get Rich or Lie Trying 91%

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

by Symeon Brown 2022

3.85

922 ratings

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

The Vagina Bible

by Jennifer Gunter • 2019

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

4.34

9k+

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Vagina Bible 91%

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

by Jennifer Gunter 2019

4.34

9k+ ratings

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

Consumed

by Aja Barber • 2021

Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.

3.93

5k+

👗 Fast Fashion Critique 🏛️ Colonial Legacies ⛓️ Supply Chain Ethics ♻️ Textile Waste 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

Consumed 91%

Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.

by Aja Barber 2021

3.93

5k+ ratings

👗 Fast Fashion Critique 🏛️ Colonial Legacies ⛓️ Supply Chain Ethics ♻️ Textile Waste 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It

by Annabelle Williams • 2021

No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.

4.17

535

📊 Gender Economics 💸 Gender Pay Gap 🏢 Workplace Bias 📖 Financial Literacy 🧹 Unpaid Care Work

Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Summary

Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It 91%

No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.

by Annabelle Williams 2021

4.17

535 ratings

📊 Gender Economics 💸 Gender Pay Gap 🏢 Workplace Bias 📖 Financial Literacy 🧹 Unpaid Care Work

Manifesta

by Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

3.73

3k+

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

Manifesta 91%

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000

3.73

3k+ ratings

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

Merchants of Doubt

by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes • 2010

Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.

4.17

8k+

🧪 Science Denial 🏭 Manufactured Controversy 📰 Disinformation Campaigns 💼 Corporate Malfeasance 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Merchants of Doubt 91%

Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.

by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes 2010

4.17

8k+ ratings

🧪 Science Denial 🏭 Manufactured Controversy 📰 Disinformation Campaigns 💼 Corporate Malfeasance 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Detox Your Place

by Meadow Shadowhawk • 2020

Fifteen toxic products land on your skin before breakfast. The DIY replacements, room by room.

3.58

🧪 Toxin-Free Home 🌿 Green Cleaning 🍯 Natural Remedies 🛒 Consumer Advocacy 🧼 Diy Alternatives

Detox Your Place 91%

Fifteen toxic products land on your skin before breakfast. The DIY replacements, room by room.

by Meadow Shadowhawk 2020

3.58

19 ratings

🧪 Toxin-Free Home 🌿 Green Cleaning 🍯 Natural Remedies 🛒 Consumer Advocacy 🧼 Diy Alternatives

Clean

by James Hamblin • 2020

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

3.89

5k+

🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry 🧖 Skin Health 🛁 History Of Hygiene

Clean 91%

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

by James Hamblin 2020

3.89

5k+ ratings

🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry 🧖 Skin Health 🛁 History Of Hygiene

The Purity Myth

by Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

4.08

9k+

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

The Purity Myth 91%

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

by Jessica Valenti 2009

4.08

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

4.45

107

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Womanhood 91%

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

by Laura Dodsworth 2019

4.45

107 ratings

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs

by Asian Development Bank • 2018

Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.

👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs ⚡ Energy Access 💰 Microfinance ⚧️ Gender And Development 🏦 Financial Inclusion

Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs Summary

Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs 91%

Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.

by Asian Development Bank 2018

👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs ⚡ Energy Access 💰 Microfinance ⚧️ Gender And Development 🏦 Financial Inclusion

The Sexual Politics of Meat

by Carol J. Adams • 1990

How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.

4.00

5k+

🍃 Ecofeminism 📚 Feminist Theory 🐾 Animal Ethics 🍽️ Food Politics 🐄 Critical Animal Studies

The Sexual Politics of Meat 91%

How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.

by Carol J. Adams 1990

4.00

5k+ ratings

🍃 Ecofeminism 📚 Feminist Theory 🐾 Animal Ethics 🍽️ Food Politics 🐄 Critical Animal Studies

The Wellness Trap

by Christy Harrison • 2023

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

3.76

2k+

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

The Wellness Trap 91%

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

by Christy Harrison 2023

3.76

2k+ ratings

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